Dermacentor

Dermacentor
noun
vectors of important diseases of man and animals
Syn: ↑genus Dermacentor
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodidae, ↑family Ixodidae
Member Meronyms: ↑wood tick, ↑American dog tick, ↑Dermacentor variabilis

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\\ˈdərməˌsentər, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from derm- + Greek kentōr goader, from kentein to sting, prick, goad
: a large widely distributed genus of ornate eyed ticks (family Ixodidae) including a number that attack man and other mammals and several that are vectors of important diseases (as anaplasmosis of cattle, piroplasmosis of dogs, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever of man)

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